Constitution, Board and Councils

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Constitution, Board and Councils

Constitution
The Australian Meat Industry Council is an industrial organisation formed under the federal Workplace Relations Act 1996. It is required to operate under an approved Constitution, which amongst other matters includes provision for a Board and various Councils.

The Constitution and Rules, as adopted at 2 August 2007, are available for viewing and download .

Board
Under the Constitution and Rules, the Australian Meat Industry Council operates under and is governed by a Board. The National Industry Councils directly elect members to the Board thereby providing a close functional relationship between the operations of the Industry Councils and the management.

The Board has representation from the Retail, Processing and Smallgoods Industry Groups in the following numbers:

Retail: 4 members
Processors: 4 members

Smallgoods: 2 members

The Chairman is elected by the Board and the seat then left vacant is filled by another member from the same Industry Group. Hence, eleven members form the Board.

For the years 2007 - 2011, the elected Board is presently as below.

Member Industry Sector Represented Office Bearers

Terry Nolan Processors Board Chairman

James Ralph         Processors Board Deputy Chairman

Craig Cook Retail Board National Treasurer

Gary Burridge Processors

Grant Edmonds         Processors

Roger Fletcher Processors

Kerry Melrose     Retail     Retail Chair

Andrew Ridder Smallgoods Smallgoods Chair

Ron Stapleton Retail

Brad Thomason    Smallgoods

Brendon Watts Retail

Industry Councils

AMIC operates through member elected Industry Councils:
- Retail and General Industry Council
- Meat Processors Council
- Export Meatworks (Beef) Processor Council
- Export Lamb, Sheep and Goat Council
Each of the above has Divisional (state) and National Industry Councils. In addition there are:
- National Smallgoods Council
- Australian Processor Council
Each member of AMIC is assigned to an Industry Group which elects an Industry Council from its membership. Elections take place every two years and all financial members are eligible to be nominated for, or participate in, elections.

There is no Pork Processing Council at either Divisional or National level. However, every two years all the financial Pork Processor Industry Group members shall directly elect one member to the Australian Processor Council.

The structural layout of the Board and Councils is as below.

Details of Councillors are set out within each Industry Group. Click on a heading below to view the Industry Group Councils.

Retail Industry Group Council
Processor and Export Industry Group Council
Smallgoods Industry Group Council